At 07:49 AM 8/17/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Can you believe it, I just woke up and we have had our first frost, a week
>early! This is the earliest we've had one since I've lived in this area.
>Themometer says it got down to 33F but there is ice on the windshield of
>the car.
>
>The temperature was plesant enough yesterday I was able to mow some
>tall weeds and weed a bed of small shrubs that have been long lost. I hope
>by removing the weeds I didn't expose overly tender leaves to the last
>nights cold.
>
>What weird weather. You would never know this morning that just a few
>days ago it was about 60 during the night and in the 90's during the day!
>
>Terry King North Central Eastern Washington
>taeking@televar.com USDA zone 4, Sunset Zone 1
>
That cold front affected us, too, although not so severely, Terry. Low
temp this morning was 57, and it's only supposed to get to mid-80s today.
Very, very pleasant, but sweater weather for early morning garden
inspections. Margaret